Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1) in Queereaders

Mar 23, 2018 Katie rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, glbt

I am heartened by the number of positive, entertaining, representative teen books about queer kids that are out in the world now. Books that are without shame, and demonstrate what the thoughts and interests and realities of being a queer teen are today, which are very different from when I was a queer teen.
Simon is gay. He knows it and is fine with it, but isn't necessarily comfortable telling anyone just yet, except for the anonymous guy he emails. Their interactions are sweet and honest. Sim ...more

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May 28, 2015 Julia rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, ya, glbtq, middle-grade, feminist

Simon's a junior in a suburban Atlanta high school, he's gay and he's in the closet. He's playing the only boy pickpocket in "Oliver." He's e-mailing another gay kid from his school, and he's falling in love with him, but he doesn't know who he is. Meanwhile, there's a kid blackmailing him -- the kid playing Fagin.

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Jul 11, 2017 Stephen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, gay-pg, 9-audiobooks-on-pc, gay-closets, z-read-in-2017, gay, 9-audiobooks-audible, gay-high-schoolers

This was a clever well written M/M romance. The main character was smart and funny if not always wise and he works his way under your skin right away.

Initially the e-mails were better than some of the quirky narrative but once I became familiar with the characters even that was pretty great.

I'm pretty sure that this will go down as one of my favorite reads of the year. The characters were good, the story was fun and there was a bit of a mystery that I was lucky enough to solve way before the n ...more

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Dec 23, 2017 Josh rated it it was amazing

Shelves: children-young-adult, gay-lesbian, read-in-2017

I've had this book sitting on my bookshelf since 2015, waiting to be read, but it wasn't until I saw the movie preview for the upcoming adaption that I was energized to read this novel. I shouldn't have waited to so long because this book is so beautiful. I really, really wish that something like this book existed when I was a young teenager! It's a sign of how far things have come that a novel like this can be read by a gay teenager who gets to see himself portrayed in a realistic and ordinary ...more

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May 21, 2015 J. rated it really liked it

Good enough to be devoured in one sitting. Avoids many cliches, but some of the "hey, kids, try to understand your parents a bit better" got preachy real fast (such is the nature of so much YA). A tad on the unrealistic side in places, but not so much that it ruined the book.
Overall, a solid read. Recommended, especially if you're into LGBTQ YA. ...more

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